Mac Mini

[Jules Richardson]

Adrian Graham wrote:
> On 2/12/05 02:34, "Scott Stevens" <chenmel at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>> My only issue with it is that it only has 2 USB ports and no mic input so by
>>> the time you've got your kbd/mouse plugged in your remaining port is taken
>>> up by the USB sound module though I guess  I could plug that into the
>>> keyboard too.....the hard drive is also slow....
>>>
>> Can't you just plug a USB hub into one of the ports, and make it into a big
>> maze of cables if that suits your desires?
> 
> Yes, and belkin produce such a thing that's the same shape as the mini but I
> feel that that's not the point of the machine. 

Yep, personally I'd only buy a Mac mini if it was 10-20% bigger and came with 
some real ports - say serial, parallel, and SCSI. Then it'd be a nice compact 
well-designed machine with some useful connectivity too. It seems that no 
matter what the USB-advocates say, bodging that sort of stuff on top of 
Universal Screwed-up Bus plain doesn't work...

cheers

J.